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Saturday, March 21, 1936

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

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Annual Report Of Muncie Y.W.C.A. Shows Big Gains

Coming Radio Star

MUNCIE, Ind., March 21—(Special)—The annual meeting of the ; Phyllis Wheatley Branch Y. W. C. A. was addressed by Mrs. Violet Rhinehardt. of Marion, whose talk stressed a four-fold like—physical, spiritual, intellectual and social. “If youth does not develop these four sides, personality is split,” I said the speaker. “Youth must have Christ in daily life to win a new freedom. The world is championing youth’s reonest and as a .result youth demands more free-

dom”

Mrs. Ernest Haywood presided over the meeting at which the following were elected to the committee on management: Mrs. C. H.

• Directors of Stewart House

Rev. and Mrs. Frank S. Delaney,

MISS EDYTHE HINES a popular entertainer over WBAA of Lafayette, Ind.; she is a native of Lafayette and has a very prom iaing voice.

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And now, my boj^, if you’ll lay aside that dirt you have for this edition, we will go into another kind of song and dance. . . . Suppose that just for the sake of variety we do a little treatise on the “dog house” days of the common species of married man. . . . The other night I overheard two old drinking cronies speak of their trips to the dog house and was at a loss as to what they were talking albout. So I had one explain in detail just what was the real meaning. . . . This is what he told me. . . . “The dog house" he said. I “is the place in the mind of the little woman where she keeps her man on occasions when he vio. j lates, willy-nilly, the rules of do- : mesticity. . . . Just as soon as ho steps off the reservation, every married man is a candidate for (he dog house. . . . And when he leaves the water wagon, goes on a bend er and comes home three sheets in the wind, the dog catcher is on his trial. Just as soon as the victim staggers in the front door his sentence is pronounced. When a woman gets a man lit the dog house all hell breaks loose and the yapping begins. . . . Some fellows go to the dog house so often they are all flea bitten. That is called a chronic case. Wives differ in many respects but they are all alike when they stand sentinel at the lone door of their dog house. The poor old dog inside has a sad look in bis eyes, all* he wants is a friendly pat on the head: .and all he gets is a kick In the slats.

TRUCE SEEN IN DEMOCRAT CLUB

Jackson. Mrs.* Henrv Smith, Mrs. ' who for nearl - v 11 quarter of a con McClendon FriersoiTand Miss Nel- L uiy have activity at the lie Oalden. Solos were sung by Stewart House jn Gar - V - ,nd > now Miss Madeline Board while Miss an iatens,ve drive is on Muriel Walker played piano selec- ,n ,ho nor [ he ™ metropolls

lions

Mrs. C. II. Jackson read the miu- i utes of the last annual meeting, J and Mrs. Nettye Riffe, branch sec-1 retary, submitted her annual report. She summarized programs given during the year, calling special attention to the fine vesper services. The Girl Reserve program reached 1.301 girls. Advisors are Annajane Goodall, Winifred Davidson, Nellie Oalden, Mary Beta Taylor, Julia Moore and 'deo Jenkins. . Activities of the Los Amigas^ Wohela League and other cluhs were recorded. Forty girls attended the camp held last sumber at High Street M. E. church camp site. The camp was the first in five years. In the annual •report many improvements were announced along with acknowledgments to nia.iy persons helping in various ways to aid the association in its corn-

funds to aid .in carrying on the cultural work of the center and pay off some small accumulated debts against the center. Rev. Delaney is also pastor of Trinity Methodist church, housed

in the settlement center. He has helped it grow from its inception as a little frame church in 1920 to its present position of national im-

portance.

Find Daughter Guilty Of Freezing Aged Mother To Death In Heated Home

KOKOMO, Ind., March 20.—(Recorder State News Bur eau)—Mrs. Rosa Couch, slim, gray-haired woman of sixtysix years of age, whose body has been emaciated by the ravages of a recent attack of pneumonia, broke into a prolonged spell of convulsive weeping when a jury ended her trial in Circuit court with a verdict of guilty of a charge of involuntary manslaughter in that she effected the “cold storage” death of her eighty-nine-year-old mother while barricaded in her well-heated home during the extreme cold

spell of last February.

Immediately after the announcement of the jury’s verdict, Judge Joseph C. Herron sentenced Mrs. Couch to serve

YOUTH MEETING AT LINCOLN HI ATTRACTS MANY

EVANSVILLE, In.. March 21.— (Special) — Organizations at Lincoln high school sponsored last

week end, an Older Boys and Girls

one-to-ten years in the Indiana State Women’s prison. Her I conference . Groups which were

husband, Rufus Couch, 53, also tried on the charge growing out of the horrible death of Mrs. Couch’s mother, Mrs. Caro-

line Slaughter, was found not guilty,

state charged the couple

The

Maid Struck While Enroute To Work

SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 21—j (Special i—Democrats of St. Jo seph County gathered at an aim’-! versary celebrating the founding | of the club which was held m thej Robert Johnson post American Le | gion Home \Vhlrli is located at 1521V> West Washington sir^oi. All difforour'-'K *x rr v fo'-'ro! 1 om ;>

the groups cot logoth r. Dough'" (‘'fleer i :i : c'i: j-'

man of ttm e 1 ihc. ()'’'■•>• jyiy!’ clpnting were George D'Armond chairman of (he prog ram commit tee, and the Re-/. R. B. Alexander j

who introduced Mr. Schock.

munity work. The report show- Cooperating orgaiiizauons were j ed that 12,467 persons were reach-, the Colored Women’s Democratic

(State News ,Bureau) GARY, 1ml.. March 21-

eiall-.vlrs Cynic Girt ties

Virginia street was struck by an automobile while onroute Lo her work la-t Tuesday lyorning. Sin

is a maid by employment. The driver of the car. Dave Fen-

'’•oton white, can led'''(no injured woman to the Methodist hospital Vh-’I •• her injury;.- Were disci end : a no! s- 1 Imis. I i « was going n -st i

on 5!h avenue

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MUSICAL URAMA GOES OVER BIC

ed during 1935.

New Pastorate Given Minister

BROOKSVILTyK, Fla., March 20

(AND)—A. H. Douglass, 87-year- ... .........

* ir /« C °*d relief client, and the father of long, easy terms to many substan Grove cemetery last Monday after-

37 children, is awaiting the arriv- tial citizens to purchase clothes noon. The rites were held from al of his 38th, according to county j on the budget payment plan before ! the Johnson Mortuary: he died at commissioners of Hernando county. Easter. Ball hospital.

“The first time 1 was there,?’ continued, “wj^s in a perfectly in nocent way. That is I thought it was Innocent.' But Hie good wife had other ideas about it. A O’lend and I were tossing off a few highballs when all of a sndden-like f glanced at the time and knew what I was in for. The proverbial dog house awaited the prodigal pup. . . Its silence Is intense; it is a cold, frlcid affair even on the hottesl nights and no man. whatever his nature, relishes being stared at and not spoken to by the little , woman. That. 1 believe. Is the hardest blow—those silent stares

SOUTH BEND., Ind., March 20.— The Macedonia Baptist church called to its pastorate Rev. L J. Childress of Indianapolis. Rev. Childress has served in this work for the past 18 years. He began his first work at the First Baptist church, Bridgetop, Tenn.,

where he

and was then called to the First church at Springfield, Tenn., where he served four years. In 1926. he entered the Simmon university theological seminary at Louisville,

Kentucky.

In 1927, he was called to the pastorate of the Zion Baptist church, Glendale. Kentucky. He also served at the First Baptist church, Springfield, Kentucky, and the Bethel Baptist church, Pinesville,

Kentucky.

Rev. Childress came to this state in 1931, where he organized the Southern Baptist church at 14th I 10 and Senate avenue, Indianapolis. Macedonia church services are well under way under the leadership of the Rev. Childress. Visit-

ors are always welcome.

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; club and the Young-Men's Colored j Democratic club. Following the i meeting, music for dancing was provided by (he Hill orchestra. A

! luncheon was served,

i The speakers of the evening were: George A. Schock. WPA attorney and former Democratic

KOKOMO, Ind., Mar. 21—'(Special)—A play written and directed by Mrs. Ida Woodward was present ml by a group of thirty-five persons last Thursday night at 1st Baptist (JiurcJ^. The, drama .was

named “Zion Travellers.”

The drama hart a musical background. supported by a chorus of

. ,, , i--’ jubilee singe s, including the w ""“ 110 iK ko:m> S|iintu;(! Ilarmmuzers. a

'■•roup of young men composed of Wdliain Rowans, Ed. Ray. Clem ! Brooks, and Orville Vaughn. Mrs. 1 Elizabeth Miller ami Mrs. Vahdora

Clothes On Bonus i Ray wni have ,,H ' l(>:uIin « soprano

parts.

Loon Tailoring Go., located at Amo "S thf ' characters the Massaeliussetts avenue, will .start j d' ania ' v, ‘ie Hie Angel ot Mercy, its twentieth anniversary with a I Laza rus, a wayward boy and girl, big sale of latest fashions in men’s i numer ou.s travellers, and two repclothing with a large assortment 'csentatives ot Luciter. of fabrics from which, the most | The drama was sponsored by

Veterans Mag Bug

discriminate man can choose.

Group No. 4 of the Second Bap-

Beamer. former city judge.

During this big special pre-Eas- 1 list church, of which Mrs. Wood-

ter sale, a special plan has been ward is the captain. The pastor,

county chairman, and George N. inaugurated for the veterans who the Rev. T. H. Ward, accompanied

wish L> dress up now and pay off Hhe group of players. later. Ml e\ soldier wlin will receive i BURY WPA WORKKR hf'nuse.V for their services during i

Hie war may call in person and MUNCIE, Ind., March 21—(Speinvestigate the plan; al the same rial)—Paul Davis, age 42, a local time, I be management will offer WPA worker, was buried in Beech

EXPECTS 38th AT P>f

Sixteen Years Of Progress At Center

Hells bells! This Is terrible. . . . If I ever get out of the dog house again I’ll never go back. But. that’s what they all say. Once out In some way or another, they always manage to get back. Being in the dog house brings out all the latent traits In a man. On occasions I have delivered masterly orations from fhe threshold of the dog house, ... I have heard friends come across with forensic works that equalled any delivered % iby Webster. Ingersoll. or Bryan, with a sprinkling of the late Huey fiong. They wer^ quite surprised at their own ability When it comes time to come out of the dog house, the approach is everything. As in salesmanship, th® approach is one-half the victory in making a gracftful exit, an

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WELFARE GROUP GIVES BENEFIT

ANDERSON, ind., March 21— (Special)—Last Tuesday nigh* in Hie auditorium of the Senior high school, a minstrel was given 'by the Necro Welfare Association to '•aise funds for improvement of the boys and girls projects of the organization. Costumes worn by the entertainers were designed and made by the W. P. A. sewing rooms under the direction of Mrs. Alice Blakemore and Mrs. Desdie Archey. James W. Bailey is producer and director of the program. The program included a comedy skit, bv Marshall and Henry Willis; solos by Walter Rudd and Claude Hines; comedy skit and buck and wing dance by Leroy Hyatt and Teddy Cox; music by the Four Harmonizers, Valee and Robert Edwards, Bob Drake and Clyde Hines, and specialty numbers by Lawrence Gholton, Hughsten Broadnax and James Edwards.

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(Above) The present appearance of the Stewart Hpuse in Gary which is located at 15th and Massachusetts streets where many folk were fed and sheltered during the hard times which struck the Calumet district. The house lias done much in the way of creating better relations bbtween races in Gary which is evidenced by the way the whites are falling in line aiding in the drive to raise funds for the support of the

institution.

Below is a picture of the house taken in 1920, showing a group of ifamilies during a celebration there.

[ with confining the aged and blind* I woman to a small, unheated room and refusing to provide her with i heat or food. It further accused I them of refusing offers of aid 1 made by neighbors who were aw’are of the elderly woman’b predicai ment. Because of these alleged j acts of reckless disregard for Mrs. I Slaughter’s life, the defendants were asserted to have been guilty of manslaughter in connection with her death on the night of

February 12.

Four state’s witnesses told of finding the body of the aged w‘oman. -who wnr~the Tfmttrer of Mrsr*Couch, lying on the floor of the cold room, scantily clad, in the midst of the worst cold w'ave of the recent severe winter. The state introduced as its first exhibit a jvece of clothes line rope which his witnesses said was tied to the door knob inside the room and drawn on the outside so that th© door could be pulled shut. Photographs ordered taken by Dr. Jesse Spangler, coroner, when the body was discovered, were also admitted in evidence after the state had established testimony to describe the position of the body and the inter-

ior of the room.

Tell of Padded Door

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The state’s witnesses. Dr. Spangler. Policeman Otto Bergman, Chief of Police Charles O’Neill, and Maurice Tull. Tribune reporter. testified that newspapers, cardboard, and rags had been placed about the cracks of the door to Mrs. Slaughter’s room, and that Couch told them they were put there by Mrs. Couch to keep the odor from the mother’s body out of the kitchen. Dr. Spangler was the first witness called by the state’s attorI neys, Paul V. Ford and C. T. Brown. ' He told of being called to the couch home, of questioning Couch and his wife about the death of Mrs. Slaughter, and ascribed the latter’s death to a combination of causes, including exposure to cold, frozen and gangrenous feet, and lack of food, or starvation. The coroner read the statement made to him by Mrs. Couch, in which she explained that the absence of heat in her mother’s room was due to the aged woman’s aversion to heat. In the statement Mrs. Couch said she had put covers on her mother’s bed but wouW come into the room later and find them cast off. She told Dr. Spangler, the coroner said, that she applied salve to her mother’s feet after discovering they were frozen. The coroner said he talked to the defendant again on Feb. 14 and that she told him the door had been padded because her mother could not stand the steam from the kitchen during the family washing. Gives Couch’s Statement Rufus Couch’s story that he nad not seen his mother-in-law for at least 24 hours before her death, and possibly longed, was repeated 'by Dr. Spangler. He said Couch told him he had taken soup to the woman on the day 'before her death, and that he felt he was doing all he could for her. He said Couch told him Mrs. Slaughter would not take solid food and also declined medical aid. The coroner said the position of Mrs. Slaughter’s body showed evidence of a struggle preceding her death, and that the body which was stiff when found, became limber when taken to an undertaker’s parlor, indicating a frozen condition. Offers Cause of Death Efforts were made by defense

Becomes Dean

Dr. Charles Leander Hill, dean of Theological school, Morris Brown college, and exchange professor, Graduate School of Atlanta university, who served brilliantly as principal lecturer at the recent Mid-Lenten Institute of the Chicago A. M. E. conference. Dr. Hill did his graduate work for Ph. D. at the University of Berlin, Marl-

burg, Germany.—(ANP.)

hosts were: Hi-Y, Girl Reserves, Boy Scouts, and National Association of Colored Girls. The meeting lasted two days, at which time more than two hundred Lincoln students and alumni were present. The theme was, “Youth Must Choose, Plan, and Carry Through.” Wayne Hayes, Lincoln student presided at the Thursday session.

The program included:

Boyd Overton, Cincinnati Y. M C. A. secretary, “Youth Must Choose”; calisthenics, directed by Coach E. C. Niles; discussion, “Making a Home”, led‘by Mrs. Sallie Stewart, Lincoln dean of girls. The Friday session opened at 9 a. m., with Miss Lorraine McDow senior president, in charge. The

program included:

Mtirr Marjorie lUrnlr, Yt AV. A. executive secretary, “Serving the Community”; summary of discus, sions was by Jeremiah Spottsville, Lincoln teacher; resolutions, and concluding address was given by Mr. Overton on “How Can We Biuld a Better World?” The resolutions committee included Johnson Tinsley, James Catlett, George Pitt, and Misses Mary Williams, and Frances

Cooksey

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SCHOOL MASTER ADDRESSES GCG

By O. G. RODMAN Assistant to the Educational

Director

EY'ANSVILLE, Ind., March 20.— (Education Office, Co. 539, CCC)— The principal speaker at the convocation of Company 539, Evansville, Ind., was Principal William Best of Lincoln high school in Evansville, who spoke on the subject “Using One’s Talents.” Lee Curd and his “Barons of Rhythm”, our radio orchestra, obliged with a few hot numbers. Sneed. Thurman, and Kilgore gave an exhibition of “Truckin’” that really clicked. Captain Crockett, company commander, gave a safety talk and made a few remarks concerning the welfare of the men. William Barnes played a few piano numbers, ending with “The Chant of the Weeds.” Mr. Gray acted as master of ceremonies for the program presented. Our educational program is moving along with the advent of Spring. Classes in biology, botany, and forestry are receiving a host of new members as the warm weather Is enabling them to get their specimens first hand. The class In personal hygiene is conducted by Mr. Gray, educational adviser, is still popular and well attended. The basketball team defeated Schears on Monday night in the. Lincoln gym by the top-heavy score of 31 to 14. It seems that the men from 539 have once again hit the winning pace. Aspirants for the track team are puffing and panting over the hills of Mesker Park, while the diamond stars are limbering up their arms slowly but

surely.

HEALTH WEEK TO BE CELEBRATED

MUNCIE, Ind., March 21—(Special)—Plans moved forward for the annual observatiWi of National Negro Health Week starting March 29 through April 5. The observation is under auspices of the Phyllis Wheatley Branch Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Etta Curl will be chairman of the activities and Mrs. Nettye Riffe, secretary of the branch Y. W. C. A., is active in promoting the event. With “Help Yourself and Your Community to Better Health*’ as the slogan during the drive, enthusiasm among clubs, churches. Y. M. C. A., and other groups are expected to fall in line to put over a big week. Mrs. Ruth Brawley will direct a health pageant and there will he a poster essay contest for grade school children. The poster must depict some personal act or health activity or some scene of idealized character and must be accompanied by a descriptive essay of one hundred words or less. Miss Chloe M. Jackson, executive secretary of the Delaware .County Tuberculosis Association,! spoke recently at' the branch Y. W. C. A. to those interested in the observance.

The people who deserve help are those who wouldn’t need it if they had a chance to help them-

selves.

GUN VICTIM’S BODY SENT TO FATHER IN TEXAS

MUNCIE, Ind.. March 21.—(Special)—James Wilson was fatally wounded by Nellie Graves Grider last Sunday night when he returned to his rooming house here. He had been in Indianapolis and the woman waited for him. His body was shipped to Bryan. Texas for burial at the insistance of his father, James Wilson. Arthur Logan was named administrator of the estate of Wilson which ■was said to amount to $500. The mother, Mrs. Oscar Wood, Allen Farm, Texas, is also one of the survivors, directed in a message that Logan be selected to handle the estate and ship the body.